Mr. John R. Mitchell and Judge D. E. Tawney of Winona were
in Hallock Friday and Saturday and completed the organization of the First
National Bank of Hallock which will commence business about Sept. 1 and
will occupy the rear room in C. J. McCollom's store until the bank building
will be constructed.

Another "dollar wheat" dream has come true and
last Saturday cash wheat sold at $1 a bushel in the Minneapolis market.
A hundred messages flashed out dollar wheat in Minneapolis and was the sensation
of the day in the speculative markets of the world. Later, a $1.01 was bid
and $1.02 was asked for No. 1 Northern, until it again took a fall to 84
cents today!

Jack Clark, who formerly farmed near Kennedy and who enlisted
to go to the Philippines during the Spanish-American war, was in town a
few days this week. He went to Kennedy Monday.

The crop for the three states Minnesota, North and South
Dakota is estimated at 147,000,000 bushels.

1953 - 50 years ago

Clarice Larson of the Lancaster Blue Ribbon 4-H Club has
been named as Kittson County's 4-H Health Queen. She will represent this
county in the State 4-H Health Contest at the State Fair on September 2.

The officers and directors of the local Lions Club last
week signed a contract with the Thomas K. Buchanann Productions of Sarasota,
FL to present their All Star Circus at the local fair grounds for an evening
performance next Wednesday, Aug. 29. The circus carries 23 top-flight acts,
consisting of several acrobatick, aerialist, death defying stunt acts and
a good number of small animal acts.

Oak Ridge Club held one of its most successful golf tournaments
last Sunday which attracted 68 entries. William Krumholtz won the championship
flight by defeating Orville Wilson, both are Oak Ridge members.

Sale of state park sticker permits is approaching the 50,000
mark and may reach 100,000 when all the returns are made by the county auditors
and agents at the end of the year. The number of visitors in the state parks
was around 900,000 which is greater than last year.

1978 - 25 years ago

The Hallock city council decided Monday night to wait on
the decision to put Douglas Avenue back on the street project. Mayor Lowell
Anderson said there is not enough money to take care of that portion. He
requested the council wait and see what happens before they make a decision.

Mervin Milsten of Middle River has been named the new instructor
at the Lancaster Veteran' Farm School. Classes at the school are held Monday
and Thursday evening. To be eligible, one has to be a veteran discharged
less than 10 years ago and involved in farming.

A team of flour millers from Taiwan, Republic of China,
were in the Hallock area Aug. 18 to look at spring wheat, how it is grown
and how it is shipped. They were impressed at the caliber of wheat that
comes from the combine and how clean it was. Taiwan is the sixth largest
agricultural purchaser of the United States.

1993 - 10 years ago

Agriculturally speaking, things are looking kind of grim
in this area because of summer flooding. U.S. Representative Collin Peterson
was in Karlstad last week for a public meeting, scheduled by State Representative
Jim Tunheim. State Senator LeRoy Stumpf was also there. The 1993 disaster
aid bill, which Peterson said wouldn't please everyone, was signed into
law by Thursday, Aug. 12 for $5.7 billion and 100 percent of formulas reimbursed
in a disaster area.

Despite heavy rains and summer flooding which have taken
their toll on the area's sugar beets, American Crystal Sugar Co., is still
optimistic about the future of the crop.

Independent School District #354 in Kennedy will open Tuesday,
Sept. 7. The school day for elementary students begiins at 8:20 a.m. with
the middle school grades beginning at 8:30. The school day ends at 3:10
p.m.

1998 - 5 years ago

The filing period for city council elections will open
Tuesday, Aug. 25 and close Sept. 8. City Council members up for re-election
in Hallock are Shirley Rydberg and Harlen Iverson. In Kennedy, Jay Larson
and Shannon Mortenson, council members and mayor Leroy Hoekstra's term is
also up. Lancaster mayor Galen Nordin is up for re-election as well as council
members Jody Peterson and Debbie Groves. Lake Bronson mayor Pat Nerguson
is up for re-election, as well as council members Patti Jo Schmiedeberg
and Roger Davis.